If Canadians are going to spend billions on a new fighter jet, then competition is essential, says former procurement chief

F-35A with Canadian markings

November 8, 2015 David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen

Defence Watch has been running a back and forth debate on the F-35 between defence analyst Richard Shimooka and Alan Williams, the former ADM Materiel at DND, who signed the original MOU committing Canada to the research and development aspect of the F-35. On Sept. 24 Richard Shimooka had an opinion piece in the National Post arguing that the F-35 is still the best bet for Canada.

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